bcriddle perspective on Bronco

[woot]

Not the right question. The correct question is, "Could he have done a better PR job." I guess it depends on what outcome he was going for. If his goal was to change the sadducees and pharisees, then he failed by using that tactic. If his goal was to get killed ...

Reminiscent of the early mormons in Missouri. If they were convinced that they were going to get persecuted due to the truth of their church, then their actions toward their neighbors make sense. If they cared at all about changing anybody's opinions, they failed epically, at least according to some contemporary accounts that I read in the special collections room at BYU.

I've already expressed that there's no reason to think that the gospel accounts have any relationship to reality, but even so they don't portray Jesus as one who particularly cared about changing minds.

[jay santos]

LOL...
If I were on the verge of my 4th consecutive 10+ win season (how many times do we have to point this out...) with 2 conference championships, and I had fans telling me how to manage my team, a team I spend 6 days a week with, not to mention the fact that I've spent my entire life in football, I think I'd be a little irritated too.

Now, maybe he shouldn't SAY anything about it, but to call his gut-reaction insecure is pretty stupid.

Every coach in the world faces that. The team is not living up to expectations. We're ranked lower now than we were going into the season. BYU fans are not being tough on Bronco. And this season the chatter level of angst towards BYU coaches is relatively low. You're acting like the fans are rioting in the street. That's not what's going on.